Raul Miller wrote: > How does this sound: > > Unnecessary Burden Test > > The license shouldn't place special requirements on authors of changes. > Seemingly trivial requirements might require a month out of the > author's life, or more, in situations that are not rare enough, such > as extreme poverty or complying with the requirements of repressive > governments. For free software, it's ok to require that changes be > licensed such that everyone can receive them -- requiring more than > that just creates problems. > > ? > > It seems to me that this covers all Desert Island and Dissident cases, > and has the additional advantage of being obviously related to the DFSG > (don't discriminate against persons or groups). Also, I think it makes > more sense than the both the Desert Island and Dissident tests.
This seems far too vague to me. It is unclear what the difference between a reasonable requirement and a "special requirement" is in this test. > [That said, perhaps there's even better ways to express this test.] I certainly believe it is possible to improve on the wording of the Desert Island and Dissident tests. However, I don't think this test is specific enough to do so; it could be applied to almost any requirement. - Josh Triplett
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